Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on this day in history.  

1220  On this day in history adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  On this day in history death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

1472  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on April - 15.  

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 15.  

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on April - 15.  

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on April - 15.  

1621  Death of John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony on this day in history.  

1632  On this day in history death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)  

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1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on April - 15.  

1652  On April - 15 death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church  

1659  On this day in history simon Dach, German poet, dies  

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on April - 15.  

1754  On April - 15 death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)  

1756  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1761  On April - 15 death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)  

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on this day in history.  

1765  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on April - 15.  

1788  On April - 15 giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77  

1793  Death of Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718) on April - 15.  

1804  On April - 15 death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)  

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61  

1853  On this day in history johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67  

1854  Death of Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773) on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90  

1866  William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1888  On April - 15 matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65  

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on this day in history.  

1891  Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 on April - 15.  

1898  On April - 15 death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader  

1911  On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies  

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on April - 15.  

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history.  

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.  

1489  On this day in history birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)  

1552  On April - 15 birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)  

1588  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.  

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on April - 15.